For my 2302's: One tactic that would allow a vote on health care to proceed in the Senate without the threat of a filibuster is to pass it using the reconciliation process. The reconciliation process was established as ways to pass budgets without the threat of a filibuster, but since then they have been used for any item that has a substantial impact on the budget. This is the case with the health care proposals.
There are questions about whether it is appropriate to use this process for a health care bill, but apparently, this wouldn't be the first time this has happened.
- THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION PROCESS
- Reconciliation (United States Congress) - Wikipedia, the free ...
